[pure-silver] Re: Getting rid of a block

Mark,

One thing I like to do once in a while is go out for a walk with my dog and 
give myself an assignment. For example:
- Reflections in windows
- Repetitions of patterns
- Plants closer than 30 cm/10 inch

I try finding very specific themes, this forces me to look around me 
differently, and I usually see things I hadn't noticed before. It's also a way 
to put together a little thematic series, even if I don't necessarily show it.

Good luck!

Manu
 
--
Manu Schnetzler
www.schnetzler.com

----- Original Message ----
From: BOB KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 2:13:48 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Getting rid of a block

DEAR MARK,
    All the suggestions so far have been very good.  I do (or will do) them and
I also pick up my copy of ART AND FEAR and read it again!  Amazing how is
kick starts my creativity.
        CHEERS!
            BOB

 Please check my website: http://www.bobkiss.com/

"Live as if you are going to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you are going to
live forever".  Mahatma Gandhi

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Blackwell
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:01 PM
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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Getting rid of a block


Georges Giralt wrote:
> Mark Blackwell a écrit :
>> Once in a while I just get in a mood where I don't really want to get
>> out and take pictures.  I still enjoy it. I would  describe it more
>> like a writers block.  Nothing really seems new an exciting to the
>> point that you can't wait to see what shows up when the negs come out
>> of the soup.
>>
>> Anyone else run into this and what did you do to get rid of it?
>>
>> Mark
> Hi Mark !
> I you're stuck, unable to take new picts, go to the old one.
> When I'm in the same mood as you, I open my set of contacts, and look
> through them. I often find one or two, unprinted, and print them.
> Sometimes, they gave me ideas on how to take a new pict. like the old
> one, but this time without this or with that....
> Another lead is to try a new piece of equipment (it does not need to
> be yours, try something rented or borrowed from a friend). It puts the
> works into it's path again !
> Hope this helps

I have a very old 4x5 view camera I haven't played with in a while, and
would like to but its just so awkward to use anywhere but at the house.
I admit I am a bit of a tinkerer and equipment does interest me, but its
always for me secondary.  I have a couple of cameras that are as old as
I am and I my age thats saying something will all the gray hair.  People
that know me know why I have it grin.

Its subject matter that gets me in the funk.  I get tired of the same
old same old.  Lately  I have been more interested in people, but models
get expensive and I don't want to be the guy that annoys his friends
with a camera. lol  Fall usually helps.  It passes or at least it always
has in the past.  Funny what triggers a new direction.  In the past its
been anything from just a landscape that I just happened upon, to what I
call the lucky photo.  Bored, totally uninspired and half thinking you
get lucky and get one good one.  Lo and behold its back to work again.
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